House votes to expand definition of antisemitism amid anti-Israeli war demonstrations rage across U.S. --Critics have attacked the bill as government overreach and said it would negatively impact free speech on campus | 1 May 2024 | The House voted to expand the legal definition of antisemitism used to enforce anti-discrimination laws at a time when anti-Israeli war protests are raging at college campuses across the country. The bill overwhelmingly passed the House by a 320-91 vote, netting a majority of Republicans and Democrats. If passed by the Senate and signed by Joe Biden, the bipartisan Antisemitism Awareness Act would mandate that the Department of Education legally adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of antisemitism when enforcing anti-discrimination rules. Critics of the bill have attacked it as government overreach and said it would negatively impact free speech on campus... Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., voiced his objections to the bill on the morning of the vote. "This is a poorly conceived unconstitutional bill and I will vote no," Massie wrote on X, along with screenshots of examples on IHRA's website of what it defines as antisemitism.